“We’re in a really good position right now.” “It happened naturally, and the great thing is GM has great resources and people ready to get up and running even quicker,” he said. Michael Andretti said the partnership with Cadillac leading to an entry to F1 could be “the biggest story of the year” in motorsports. Herta recently signed a contract extension with the Andretti Autosport Ind圜ar team.
“We feel very confident once the experession of interest goes out, having a great partnership with Cadillac, we have a very good shot of checking every box and being on the grid very very soon.”Īndretti said the team already has done much of the hiring for its F1 team, adding several main engineers and a technical director whom would be announced “down the road.” Andretti said his plan remains to have an American driver for the U.S.-based team with Colton Herta a leading candidate. “He is a racer and understands the importance of that for the series itself,” Andretti said of Ben Sulayem.
Andretti said he felt “very confident” he was “ahead of the competition” from other teams vying to enter F1. Though the bid has hit some snags (and caused frustration for racing legend Mario Andretti, who went public with the bid a year ago), Michael Andretti said having the support of GM “checked the last box” for a full-fledged F1 bid because the team “would be bringing a tremendous amount of support to Formula One.”Īndretti expressed confidence that the bid would be successful with the support of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. “We all want to be on track as soon as we can be on track,” Andretti said. Andretti Global, which has been building a new headquarters in Fishers, Indiana, has been aiming to enter Formula One with the 2024 season.Īndretti said there remained no timetable for entry, which would depend on the selection process (known as “the expression of interest”) with the FIA.
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